Biden declined obama s first request to vet him for the vice presidential slot fearing the vice presidency would represent a loss in status and. Joe biden ran for president of the united states in the 2008 election shortly following biden s withdrawal from the presidential race barack obama privately told him he was interested in finding an important place for biden in his administration. On august 23 2008 via text message the obama campaign announced that the then presumptive democratic presidential nominee chose joe biden as his vice presidential running mate.
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This article originally appeared on usa today. Biden is seeking the democratic nomination for president for a third time after two failed runs in 1988 and 2008. Barack obama s vice presidential choice this article is more than 11 years old profiles of the democratic contender s running mate and the unsuccessful vice presidential candidates.
He was a mixed race intellectual whose father was from kenya. Obama s overriding political weakness wasn t hard to pinpoint. When barack obama was cruising to the democratic party s presidential nomination in 2008 he chose someone who buttressed his political weakness.
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After winning a majority of delegates in the democratic primaries of 2008 on august 23 leading up to the convention the campaign announced that senator joe biden of delaware would be the vice presidential nominee.
Joe biden and barack obama 2008. The 2008 presidential campaign of joe biden the longtime senator from delaware began when biden announced his candidacy for president of the united states on the january 7 2007 edition of meet the press he officially became a candidate on january 31 2007 after filing papers with the federal election commission if elected biden would have been the first sitting senator and roman catholic. The 2008 united states presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008. The democratic ticket of barack obama the junior u s. Senator from illinois and joe biden the senior u s.
Senator from delaware defeated the republican ticket of john mccain the senior senator from arizona and. The 2008 presidential campaign of barack obama then junior united states senator from illinois was announced on february 10 2007 in springfield illinois.
The 2008 presidential campaign of barack obama then junior united states senator from illinois was announced on february 10 2007 in springfield illinois. Senator from delaware defeated the republican ticket of john mccain the senior senator from arizona and. Senator from illinois and joe biden the senior u s.
The democratic ticket of barack obama the junior u s. The 2008 united states presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008. The 2008 presidential campaign of joe biden the longtime senator from delaware began when biden announced his candidacy for president of the united states on the january 7 2007 edition of meet the press he officially became a candidate on january 31 2007 after filing papers with the federal election commission if elected biden would have been the first sitting senator and roman catholic.
